The missing boy
By: Rachel Billington
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Charnwood series
Publisher: Thorpe
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781444806502
Subjects: Runaway children; Fiction; Teenage boys; Families; Parent and child
Description: Thirteen-year-old Dan hasn't returned home; his parents don't know whether he's run away, been kidnapped - or something worse. For one family, the world is about to fall apart. At first Dan is sleeping rough, revelling in his independence. But with every passing day, his world is becoming darker and more frightening. A hundred thousand children run away each year. Most come back. But will Dan? Dan's mother, Eve, a drama teacher, can't focus; his father, Max, only knows how to flee his own demons; and his aunt, Martha, while trained to control difficult situations as a prison officer, struggles to hold it all together. Gradually, all three begin to recognise just how badly they have failed the missing boy.
Notes: Adult.
Table of contents: title: Thirteen-year-old Dan hasn't returned home; his parents don't know whether he's run away, been kidnapped; title: or something worse. For one family, the world is about to fall apart. At first Dan is sleeping rough, revelling in his independence. But with every passing day, his world is becoming darker and more frightening. A hundred thousand children run away each year. Most come back. But will Dan? Dan's mother, Eve, a drama teacher, can't focus; his father, Max, only knows how to flee his own demons; and his aunt, Martha, while trained to control difficult situations as a prison officer, struggles to hold it all together. Gradually, all three begin to recognise just how badly they have failed the missing boy.